JPA specification 2.1 has introduced support for executing Stored Procedure calls. This includes a new

JPA specification 2.1 has introduced support for executing Stored Procedure calls. This includes a new

StoredProcedureQuery API and Named Stored Procedure Queries (pre-existing portions of code on the database).

StoredProcedureQuery API and Named Stored Procedure Queries (pre-existing portions of code on the database).

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All the stored procedure examples below assume stored procedures already exist on the DB. Stored procedure creation is performed differently on different Databases. All the following example Stored procedure creation is using MySQL syntax.

EclipseLink JPA 2.1

This page contains a summary of the major features supported in EclipseLink that implements the JPA 2.1 (JSR 338) specification requirements. The features and examples on this page do not represent a complete list. For more information, please see: the JSR 338 page.

Bulk Update

Until JPA 2.1, performing deletes or updates was not available using the Criteria API. Through the
addition of CriteriaUpdate/CriteriaDelete classes, support for bulkupdate/delete queries has now been added.

Update Example

The following example will update the salary and status, of all Employees who make less than 10000$, and give them a raise.

The following Java Persistence query language delete statement is equivalent.

DELETE FROM PhoneNumber p
WHERE p.status = 'out_of_service'

Stored Procedures

JPA specification 2.1 has introduced support for executing Stored Procedure calls. This includes a new
StoredProcedureQuery API and Named Stored Procedure Queries (pre-existing portions of code on the database).

All the stored procedure examples below assume stored procedures already exist on the DB. Stored procedure creation is performed differently on different Databases. All the following example Stored procedure creation is using MySQL syntax.

In parameter Example

OUT parameter Example

IN/OUT parameter Example

Ref cursor Example

Named Stored Procedure Example

JPQL function

The SQL spec and many databases have SQL functions that are not covered by the JPA specification. With the latest JPA
specification the ability to call generic SQL functions was added to the JPQL syntax.

CDI Entity Listeners

Entity Listeners now support the Contexts and Dependency Injection API (CDI) when used inside a Java EE container. This support allows entity listeners to use CDI to inject objects and also provides support for @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy method calls.

CDI Example

The following example shows how a SessionBean can be injected into an EntityListener

Treat

Allows relationship joins to be treated as a subclass of the join type.

Converters

Provides control over the conversion from an attribute type and value to the corresponding database type and value

DDL generation

In previous versions for JPA, although DDL generation was present it was not standardized or required. JPA 2.1 has added
standardized provider DDL generation and made DDL generation a requirement.

Entity Graphs

Entity graphs are subgraphs of the entity model metadata. The entity graph contains metamodel representations of
a set of the entity classes' attributes and metamodel representations of related entity classes. A constructed entity
graph can be used as a template for applying operations like attribute loading.